Senior Security Analyst at West Fraser – Quesnel, BC, Canada

Big Data Analytics
Canada
April 9, 2025
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Job Description

West Fraser places the highest importance on the confidentiality, availability and integrity of customer, company, and employee information. As a member of West Fraser’s Cyber Security team, you will play a critical role to ensure that customer, company and employee information is security while enabling technology and business partners throughout West Fraser to innovate, drive sale and safely maintain the operation throughout our facilities.

The Security Operations Center is currently recruiting for a Senior Security Analyst at our Quesnel corporate office.

The Senior Security Analyst leads the detection, analysis, and response to cybersecurity incidents in our SOC. This role requires expertise in security event triage, incident response, malware analysis, security tool optimization, and SIEM playbook development (Microsoft Sentinel). The ideal candidate understands the evolving threat landscape and mitigates risks to protect critical assets. This position reports to the Manager, Security Operations and Incident Response.

You’ll Do

  • Analyze security alerts from various sources.
  • Prioritize alerts based on severity and impact.
  • Identify and escalate legitimate security incidents.
  • Lead incident response activities.
  • Perform forensic analysis to determine attack root cause and scope.
  • Document and preserve evidence.
  • Develop and execute containment, eradication, and recovery strategies.
  • Prepare detailed incident reports with recommendations.
  • Conduct basic malware analysis and extract threat intelligence.
  • Share threat intelligence within the organization and communities.
  • Design, implement, and optimize SOC security tools and systems.
  • Integrate security solutions to enhance detection and response.
  • Develop scripts and automations to improve SOC efficiency.
  • Stay updated on emerging security technologies.
  • Develop and optimize SIEM playbooks (Microsoft Sentinel).
  • Maintain and update playbooks.
  • Mentor and train junior SOC analysts.
  • Collaborate with the security team to improve processes.
  • Contribute to internal knowledge bases and training materials.

You Have

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field. Equivalent direct work experience is acceptable.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in a security operations and incident response role.
  • Relevant industry certifications highly desired (e.g., GCIA, GCIH, GISP, AZ-500, CySA+).
  • Deep understanding of cybersecurity threats, attack techniques, and incident response methodologies.
  • Proven experience in malware analysis, forensic investigations, and security tool administration.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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